Have you heard about Fire is Everyone’s Fight™?
Fire is Everyone’s Fight™ is a national initiative to unite
the fire service, life safety organizations and professionals in an effort to
reduce home fire injuries, deaths and property loss by changing how people
think about fire and fire prevention.
Partnerships are critical to deliver accurate and
consistent safety messages to the community. We invite fire departments, life
safety organizations and fire and life safety professionals to partner with us.
Once you join, use the Fire Is Everyone’s Fight graphic and tagline on your
existing and new materials.
To help you spread the word, we have created a community
outreach guide. There are dozens of ways you can use Fire Is Everyone’s Fight
to help teach people in your city or town to be safer.
Our community
outreach guide shares just a few ideas to help you get
started. It offers suggestions for engaging people in the community. This guide
will help you:
· Integrate
Fire Is Everyone’s Fight content into your existing media and community
outreach programs.
- Reach
out to organizations to arrange speaking opportunities.
- Use
social media to get the word out about fire safety and prevention.
- Know
what to say and how to say it simply and effectively.
- Put
together an event that attracts the audience you want to inform.
- Create
opportunities to get the word out.
We have also created PowerPoint
slides to cover the essential home fire safety information for any community
presentation. In addition, there are audience-specific slides for:
- Caregivers of babies and toddlers.
- Older adults.
- Caregivers of older adults.
Finally, check out the fire
prevention and safety digital media library
The old adage is true: “A picture’s worth a thousand
words.” Showing a prevention tip, like practicing a fire escape plan, is much
more effective than just talking about it. The photos, social media images and
videos on this page are free for you to use in your materials. They show fire-safe
behaviors and fire prevention best practices, and include ideas for
accompanying safety tips.
Social
media toolkits
Key messages, cards, hashtags and videos for your social
channels.
Pictographs
Pictographs can help overcome literacy barriers by
communicating fire safety messages with pictures.
Photos
Free, high resolution public domain photos for your use.
Video
footage
Broadcast quality, high definition b-roll footage showing
smoke alarm safety demonstrations with diverse populations.
Audio
PSAs
Broadcast quality fire safety public service announcements.
If you would like more information about Fire is Everyone’s Fight, you can contact
Teresa Neal at 301-447-1024 or FEMA-FireisEveryonesFight@fema.dhs.gov
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